After doing this project, we came to the conclusion that being a critical thinker has many qualities involved. A critical thinker can be determined by many different ways as long as you have an open mind and willingness to listen to both sides by tolerating other people's views. To be a critical thinker, you have to be able to eliminate your emotions when judging a subject or topic because when your emotions get into the way you become bias. There is not always going to be a wrong or right answer but you have to be able to back up your view with statistics, examples, and good sufficient reasoning rather than personal preferences. These examples reflect on how our group believes what a good critical thinker should posses.
Evaluation Sheet: 1-5 (1=lowest, 5=highest)
1. Did he contradict himself? [1]
2. Is he elaborating on his points by giving examples? [5]
3. Is he being relevant, sticking to the main points? [5]
4. Does his emotions come into play? [3]
5. Is he being ignorant or staying humble? [1]
6. Is he really biased? [3]
7. Is he sympathizing with logic, emotion, and experience of his perspective? [4]
8. Is he making assumptions? [4]
9. Is his purpose clear? [5]
10. Are his reasons good and sufficient? [5]
Credit:
Lauren Bock and Whitney Mann: evaluation sheet
Ashly Appleby: video taped
Cody McVey: person we interviewed
Brian Schlatter: Interviewer
Lauren, Whitney, Brian, and Ashly wrote the paragraph
Whitney,
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with your stated opinion on what makes a critical thinker. A critical thinker is someone who is open minded and is willing to tolerate listening to the opposing side. Critical thinking is an art because it is self disciplined, self directed and self monitored.
~ Vivian Linares